Yes, This is a Potty Training Post
Potty training.
[Imagine a huge sigh as I say those two words.]
We’ve been training for months. MONTHS. I won’t calculate exactly how many months because that number depresses me. The first two weeks of training were hard. Brooke was scared to go in the potty. By week three, she had caught on and was having regular success. By week four she was completely potty trained at home.
By about week 8 she started regressing. The word “regression” doesn’t even do justice to the situation that we found ourselves in. She regressed so far that she was less potty trained by week 20 than she was at week 1. You ask, “Can that even happen?”
Yes, my friends, yes it can.
We took a potty training break during Thanksgiving and Christmas. Once the new year started, we decided to give it a try again.
The progress has been slow, but I can finally say I think we are actually making progress.
[Another huge sigh.]
She hasn’t had a day-time accident in a while.
She often wakes up from her nap dry.
And then, this morning, after a full-night’s sleep, she woke up dry.
That light, that little glimmer of light that I’m seeing, is that the light at the end of this nightmarish tunnel?
February 18, 2010 @ 12:03 am
LOL…oh, do I understand the regression phase. It’s crazy. It has happened to me every time…but the good news is, there is hope! 🙂 Sounds like you’re doing great 🙂 Good luck!!
February 18, 2010 @ 9:11 am
Sometimes even 5-year-olds still regularly do not wake up after a full night’s sleep dry. Like, for instance, today. May you have more success than us…
February 18, 2010 @ 9:13 am
I found hope in the fact that it would at least be done by high school. Hold in there, girl. You will conquer this!
February 18, 2010 @ 9:45 am
Ann–I’m glad I’m not the only one out there who’s experienced regression with this whole thing!
Jacob–I don’t know if I should feel comforted by your comment or even more depressed that I’ll probably still be dealing with these messes for YEARS to come…
Gina–At the rate we’re going, I’m not completely convinced that she’ll be potty trained by high school!
–Rebecca
February 18, 2010 @ 10:43 am
Sure glad you aren’t blaming any of these problems on me.
And, I’ve learned through personal experience, that if anyone goes potty like a good girl (little girls and big ones alike), she is offered a marshmallow. With incentive like that, who wouldn’t want to use the potty all the time?!?
February 18, 2010 @ 4:59 pm
Mom–I thought it went without saying that I’m blaming this 100% on you!
–Rebecca
February 19, 2010 @ 12:23 am
Rebecca,
Since I was watching Brooke tonight and she came up to me and said “Gampa Potty” at least 4 times before I could understand what she was saying and then she went potty I would suggest that the light is at the end of your tunnel of this nightmarish ordeal.
Keep it up